Back, Belly, and Side: True Lies and False Tales

Did you ever wonder what the earth thinks? What's its favorite song? How she ended up in your heart? Think you can't fly? Think you have a job you don't like? How much would you pay for answers?

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About the Book

”Celeste Rita Baker’s stories balance heartache and hilarity with poetic, uncompromising prose. This collection sings ancient songs with a modern beat. It is fully alive.” –Daniel Jose Older, author of Salsa Nocturna and editor of Long Hidden from History

”Back, Belly, and Side is full of Celeste Rita Baker’s special story magic. With tales of wisdom, wonderment, and new world lore, she creates characters that speak and leap off the page to deliver the best gift of all–deep belly laughter.” –Sheree Renée Thomas, Shotgun Lullabies: Stories & Poems

”…this collection is worth a read. The characters are beautifully drawn and the situations they find themselves in are, simultaneously, real and far-fetched. Wonderful use of language and explorations of parenthood, reality, and love.” — Kate O’Connor, Abyss & Apex

About the Author

Celeste Rita Baker

Celeste Rita Baker is a Virgin Islander who currently resides in Harlem New York City. She has published short stories in The Caribbean Writer, Calabash, Margin’s Magical Realism, Scarab and most recently Moko Magazine as well as Abyss & Apex Magazine.

Baker's genres include Speculative Fiction, Magical Realism and Reality Based Fiction in which she writes in Standard English and in Caribbean dialect.

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